Grace Ward

We are very proud to be sponsoring the Special Achievement of the Year Award at this years Pig Awards! Nominations close soon for ALL categories so if you would like to nominate yourself, friends, colleagues or family please click the link below! http://www.nationalpigawards.co.uk/specialist-categories/special-achievement-of-the-year/

Meadow Quality and their rearers had a great visit to a fully integrated supply chain with one of the UK’s leading beef finishers. The day included a look at the future requirements of the consumer, their needs and perception of the UK beef industry. Further discussions included betterment of the supply chains health, welfare and … Read moreIntegrated Beef Supply Chain Visit

Friday the 12th of April 2019 saw the annual gathering of the Meadow Quality Calf Rearers, kindly hosted by Rob Collins and Hannah Moule, at their AFU in Worcestershire. The modern unit features on demand milk feeders and an igloo housing system in an open barn with free flowing air above calf level. Practical interactive … Read moreContract Calf Rearing Day

The first in a series of producer profiles this month brings you the story of Chris Fogden an outdoor pig producer in East Anglia. Back in my youth, an entry requirement to agricultural college was that you must work on a farm prior to entry. I ended up on a large arable farm with an … Read moreProducer Profile: Chris Fogden

“The difference good colostrum management makes is startling. Calves that have had the right quantity of the right quality colostrum quickly enough are far more productive animals,” Matt Nightingale C.E.O Meadow Quality Here at MQ we believe in giving animals the best opportunities to thrive. It has been proven that feeding colostrum … Read moreMQ proud to support #ColostrumisGold

Christmas Food For Thought! “While people have food everything matters, when people don’t have food nothing else matters”. In the final week before Christmas last year the UK’s festive food spend was £4.2 billion, with Friday 22nd December 17 reported to be the UK’s highest-spending day ever. The expectations of our 65 million … Read moreChristmas Food For Thought!

We are very proud to celebrate Alison Parkers 30 year anniversary with Meadow Quality. Alison started with Warwickshire Quality Calves back in 1986 when the company shared a desk and an office corner with Meadow Valley Livestock. As both companies expanded Alison worked predominantly on the finished stock side with Oscar Prince and Clive Mahony. … Read moreAlison Parker Celebrates 30 Years at MQ

On Wednesday the 7th we hosted 47 students and 4 staff from Colleg Glynllifon on two farm tours. The agricultural students enjoyed a visit to one of our contract calf rearing units that is owned and run by our director Rob Manning and then to a bull beef finishing AFU. The visits aimed to give an … Read moreColeg Glynllifon Farm Tours 07/11/2018

We are very proud to have been working in partnership with Owen Atkinson and Dechra to reduce antitbiotic usage in calf rearing. Please see the below article from Farming Uk A new study has revealed dramatic findings that could provide the answer to the UK’s on-going challenge to reduce the widespread routine use of antibiotics … Read moreWorking toward Antibiotic reduction on Calf Rearing Units

Following our C.E.O Matt Nightingales trip to Chile last year, where he advised on effective beef production from the dairy herd, September saw a delegation from Chile visit us at Meadow Quality. Corpcarne of Chile delegation visit Further to a visit undertaken by Matt Nightingale in October 2017, a delegation from Corpcarne (the meat corporation) of … Read moreChilean Delegation Visit Meadow Quality